The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes

Title:
The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes
Speaker:
Phil Plait
Description:

Phil Plait was on the team at Hubble Space Telescope that discovered the first exoplanet ever detected -- until they realized they'd made a mistake. What happened next? Follow along as Plait shows how science progresses -- which includes a robust amount of making and correcting errors. "The price of doing science is admitting when you're wrong, but the payoff is the best there is: knowledge and understanding," he says.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
11:08
Format: HTML5
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